User`s guide

R2014a
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Raspberry Pi hardware support for controlling devices such as motors
and actuators, and for capturing live data from sensors and cameras
directly from MATLAB
You can use MATLAB commands to connect to a Raspberry Pi™ board over a network
and perform the following operations:
• Exchange data with sensors and actuators that are connected to the GPIO, serial port,
I2C, and SPI interfaces
• Record video and take photographs using the Camera Board
• Issue Linux shell commands
• Transfer files to or from your host computer
• Control the on-board LED
To install or update this support package, perform the steps described in Install Support
for Raspberry Pi Hardware.
For more information, see Raspberry Pi Hardware.
readtable improvements for reading spreadsheet and text files
• The readtable function now automatically recognizes .xlsb, .xlsm, .xltm, .xltx,
and .ods as file extensions for spreadsheet files. You no longer need to specify the
'FileType','spreadsheet' name-value pair argument when reading files with
these extensions.
• The readtable function can now read from text files without a file extension.
Previously, readtable searched for a file with a .txt extension.
• On systems with Excel for Windows, the readtable function can read spreadsheet
files in basic mode, using the 'Basic' name-value pair argument. Basic mode is the
default for systems without Excel for Windows.
Compatibility Considerations
If you specify a file name with no extension, for example, foo, the readtable function
reads foo as a text file, if it exists. If foo does not exist, then readtable searches
for and reads from foo.txt. In R2013b, readtable reads only from the file named
foo.txt.